Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 21:00:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/27599: md(4) manpage enhancement Message-ID: <200105240400.f4O403496415@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/27599; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org>
To: sec@ice.42.org
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/27599: md(4) manpage enhancement
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 20:57:23 -0700
sec@ice.42.org writes:
> --- /usr/export/src/share/man/man4/md.4 Sun Dec 31 03:11:56 2000
> +++ ./md.4 Thu May 24 00:56:57 2001
> @@ -59,6 +59,11 @@
> with the kernel option
> .Dv MD_NSECT .
> .Pp
> +Be warned that due to kernel constraints such a
> +.Nm
> +disk cannot be bigger than a certain maximum size.
> +This size can be found in the 'Limit' column of 'vmstat -m'.
> +.Pp
It looks to me like the man page already states this:
The default maximum size of a md disk backed by malloc(9) is 20,000 sec-
tors of 512 bytes each. This can be changed with the kernel option
MD_NSECT.
Perhaps it might make sense to mention vmstat(8), but I don't think
it's appropriate to add another paragraph, most of which just repeats
what has already been said.
Dima Dorfman
dima@unixfreak.org
> At boot time the
> .Nm
> driver will search for pre-loaded modules of type
>
> >Release-Note:
> >Audit-Trail:
> >Unformatted:
>
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